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As the pleasures of the body are the ones which we most often meet with, and as all men are capable of these, these have usurped the family title; and some men think these are the only pleasures that exist, because they are the only ones which they know.

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At the intersection where your gifts, talents, and abilities meet a human need; therein you will discover your purpose

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"I was not alone when I was in Goofy hell"

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Of the tyrant, spies and informers are the principal instruments. War is his favorite occupation, for the sake of engrossing the attention of the people, and making himself necessary to them as their leader.

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Those who have been eminent in philosophy, politics, poetry, and the arts have all had tendencies toward melancholia.

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A right election can only be made by those who have knowledge.

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[I]t is rather the case that we desire something because we believe it to be good than that we believe a thing to be good because we desire it. It is the thought that starts things off.

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Man by Nature desires to know.

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In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.

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We do not know a truth without knowing its cause.

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Anybody can get hit over the head.

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Doubt is the beginning of wisdom

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Even the best of men in authority are liable to be corrupted by passion. We may conclude then that the law is reason without passion, and it is therefore preferable to any individual.

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He who hath many friends hath none.

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The light of the day is followed by night, as a shadow follows a body.

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Learning is not child's play; we cannot learn without pain.

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Even when laws have been written down, they ought not always to remain unaltered. As in other sciences, so in politics, it is impossible that all things should be precisely set down in writing; for enactments must be universal, but actions are concerned with particulars. Hence we infer that sometimes and in certain cases laws may be changed.

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The good lawgiver should inquire how states and races of men and communities may participate in a good life, and in the happiness which is attainable by them.

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Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind.

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When you feel yourself lacking something, send your thoughts towards your Intimate and search for the Divinity that lives within you.

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